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CATALOGUE OF 



3. Akicera horrida. 

 Pamphagus horridiis, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 617. 

 a — c. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



4. Akicera euryscelis. 

 Pamphagus euryscelis, Schaum, Mortals. Berl. Acad. 185:3, 779. 

 Mozambique. 



5. Akicera loboscelis. 

 Pamphagus loboscelis, Sclmum, Monats. Berl. Acad. ii. 1853, 780. 

 Mozambique. 



6. Akicera haploscelis. 

 Pamphagus haploscelis, Schaum, Monats. Bert. Acad. 1853, 780. 

 Mozambique. 



7. Akicera punx-tosa. 



Fcem. Ferruginea, subtubercufata, subrugulosa, alho punctata; caput 

 anlice conicum, subex cava turn ; antenna valde dilalata ; prothorax 

 carina subrolundata poslicc denticulata, margine postico acuta ; seg- 

 menlorum abdominalium margines postici denlati ; femora postica 

 dilatata, supra spinosa. 



A. haploscelis? 



Female. Ferruginous, sliglitly tuberculate and rugulose, with numerous 

 little while tubercles. Head in front conical and slightly excavated above, 

 with a forked keel beneath. Joints of the anteiinte from the third to ihe 

 ninth much dilated. Keel of the prothorax slightly rounded, acute on the 

 fore border, minutely dentate towards tlie hind border, which is also acuie. 

 Hind borders of the abdominal segments acute in the middle. Hind 

 (etnora deep, tessellated, with ridges on the outer side, armed with stout 

 spines above; hind tibiaj with two rovps of black-tipped spines, those on 

 the inner side longer than those on the outer side. Length of the body 

 30 lines. 



The fore part of the head is more rounded than that of the female of 

 A. carinala, and the keel of the prothorax is much less rounded. 



a, b. East Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 



8. Akicera femoralis. 



Toem. Ferruginea, tuberculata, rugulosa ; caput antice conicum sub- 

 excavalum ;^ antennm valde dilatatce ; prothorax crista ulta valde 

 rolundata poslice denticulata, margine postico acuta ; femora postica 

 lalissi)na, supra spinosa. 



Female. Ferruginous, tuberculate, rugulose. Head in front conical 

 and slightly excavated above, with a forked keel beneath. Joints of the 



